Example sentences of "[vb past] she be be " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the same time , she recognised she was being unreasonable . |
| 2 | I also assumed she was being relevant . |
| 3 | The 41-year-old mother realised she was being followed by two men as she returned to a multi-storey car park after a lunchtime trip to a supermarket in Fareham , Hants . |
| 4 | As she forced her way back along the pavement , laden with shopping bag and plant wrapped in paper , Meredith suddenly realised she was being hailed . |
| 5 | ‘ When I put my hand down to feel what was wrong I realised she was being attacked — but I did n't know by what . |
| 6 | She realised she was being propositioned . |
| 7 | She realised she was being too serious , a problem that had plagued her all her life . |
| 8 | Leonora shivered and held out her hands to the stove , then stood motionless as she realised she was being watched . |
| 9 | Between whiles she got up and looked out of the window , watching the pale sunshine come and go on the elaborate mouldings and cornices of the offices on the opposite side of Hand and Ball Court , until she realized she was being watched from a window of the floor above by two young men in shirtsleeves . |
| 10 | Later , when the women let themselves into their own room , Billie sensed she was being watched . |
| 11 | Little Tero whinnied hysterically when she discovered she was being left behind . |
| 12 | Wilson saw she was being watched , closely studied , and dropped her eyes to concentrate on the jacket she was making for Pen . |
| 13 | Bill , the first footman , who had nothing to tell him , said his foot itched to kick him up the b.t.m. , while Mary said she felt she was being taken by one of those continental gigolos to the Strand Corner House , as a preliminary to being seduced . |
| 14 | He was thinking instead of the twenty minutes he had spent at home between a difficult hour persuading the voluntary organist at New End ( a retired primary-school headmistress who felt she was being taken for granted ) to continue , at least temporarily , and this service of compline at Quindale . |
| 15 | Soft his speech might be , but Meredith felt she was being speared by the twin daggers of his eyes . |
| 16 | And although she felt she was being torn apart inside , at the same time the older woman 's brutal candour was welcome , because it finally answered so many unhappy questions . |
| 17 | His eyes had a smouldering look in them , and she felt she was being hypnotised . |
| 18 | They drove through the brightly lit city streets of Tsimshatsui , and it was like hurtling back to earth through the atmosphere ; Rachel felt she was being shaken till her teeth rattled as the car sped up through the cross-harbour tunnel into Causeway Bay , past the bobbing sampans and the escort clubs , speeding towards Central District along the harbour road , traffic everywhere , horns blasting in her ears … |
| 19 | ‘ A couple of the girls felt she was being quiet and withdrawn and asked her if there was anything wrong . |
| 20 | Wilson knew she was being patronised if not mocked outright , but no trace of expression crossed her face and it gave her satisfaction that she knew it did not . |
| 21 | Anne knew she was being discussed , anatomised as a freak . |
| 22 | Still , she knew she was being watched . |
| 23 | Even as she spoke she knew she was being a hypocrite . |
| 24 | By the time they reached Coniston and she saw grey stone cottages beside a lake reflecting more of those unbelievable mountains , she knew she was being offered a new world . |
| 25 | This upset Stella , though she knew she was being foolish . |
| 26 | She wished she could say she knew she was being difficult and edgy , taking it out on him because she 'd been denied another child . |
| 27 | But Kate knew she was being told she was right , that Timothy Gedge was possessed by devils and that before anything else could happen the devils must be taken out of him . |
| 28 | Shannon knew she was being excluded from the conversation , though there was absolutely no evidence of that . |
| 29 | She knew she was being ridiculous , but so much had happened back there in that elegant house , so many unexplained emotions had swung through her mind in such a short space of time , and she felt so wound up , so confused by it all . |
| 30 | She knew she was being unreasonable , and she was worried she might alienate David . |